Dover Hydraulic Elevator at Belk Tanglewood Mall Roanoke VA

[sgentlemanjack112]

WTF is this? Are you an elevator fan?

[procksomaterman]

@sgentlemanjack112 yes we are elevator fans and meany other channels do thiks

[CBMAwards]

Nice Elevator.

[beckwithelevatorman]

how many malls do you have in roanoke?

[FGelevators]

@beckwithelevatorman i've seen videos of his here at Tanglewood Mall and at Valley View Mall (Roanoke)

[clarkloveselevators]

You uploaded thos on 9/11!!!

[MrTransman99]

I was in Roanoke this weekend. I recognized some of the buildings from your videos. Sadly, I was only going to the transportation museum and didn't ride any elevators. Also, there's a good elevator at the Hampton Inn in Galax, Virginia

[spudnick1992]

Hello. I have a 6 yo who has Aspergers and absolutely loves elevators. Is there a place in California that can teach my kid how to build an elevator? Maybe there's a dvd to help my child understand how an elevator works and how they build one?

[TheZekethunder]

Nice elevator. Is this the elevator that is relay controlled?

[LIGHTRONIX]

They must have some good janitors there!! That bad boy is MINT!

[TheZekethunder]

This sounds like a relay controlled hydraulic elevator.

[TheZekethunder]

Wow! This is nice if it was installed in the 1970s.

[revo8778]

I can't help but love a Dover with fake wood grain and brown carpet with Classic fixtures. The example elevator of the 1970's.

[elevatorsonly]

I love older Dover elevators with specifically these fixtures (especially the inside panel!)!

[dieselducy]

yes.. this was a nice elevator

[cubsrule2040]

I think this elevator was early '80s because it looks exactly like the Dover in the Student Services Building at UNM

[alpaljl]

What kind of escalators does the store have?

[dieselducy]

i believe schindler but im not sure. ill check next time i am there.

[KatieHasRabies]

this is where i live

haha

[Trainblossom]

Good Gosh, can we say pointy nails,! CLIP YOUR FINGERNAILS!!

[TBCSTARS]

What I liked best were those wild short panty skirt thingies the ladies were wearing called "sizzlers" which in my mind means "hotter than hot pants!" Tell me you remember those!

[TBCSTARS]

...continued- The French Quarter was so neat! Had specialty shops and boutiques for the gals, good place to go. It also had authentic old louvered doors and wrought iron railings ala New Orleans. I also liked the mall lot area behind Penney's which had a Kroger's, Super-X drugsstore and the best place was 'G.D. Grafitti's" the place where many great looking ladies had happy hour! ...ah, those days! JC Penney's auto center outside sold 104+ octane gas! I had a Dodge RT 440 that demanded that!

[TBCSTARS]

Tim Beasley here...I worked on that mall back in 1972, and remember this elevator for bringing up drywall and other supplies to the second floor. At that time it was a Leggett's store. Had a lot of good memories about the place, lots of good looking gals, too, working there in all of the stores. The mall had an unusual "mall within a mall " upstairs next to JC Penneys called "The French Quarter," and it was designed out like a section of New Orleans and Bourbon Street...neat place.

[dieselducy]

Tanglewood mall was a big deal for Roanoke before Valley View was built. sadly, Tanglewood is a Dying mall. I read about the french quarter, and back in it's heyday in the 70s, it was something else! How do you get to that other elevator? is it in the rear corridor or something like that??

[TBCSTARS]

Yes, the big elevator was in the service corridor for the merchants, top floor of course, at the back of the mall. The French q

[dieselducy]

I found both service elevators! thanks for the heads up! they were also dover elevators..

[TBCSTARS]

You're welcome! One of these days I hope to return to visit with the old Tanglewood as I can still remember the smell of the fresh poured cement mixed with cement mixer truck carbon monoxide and other fumes!

[alpaljl]

Wow...that is old.